AS3

AS4

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Database Report Site: DC.01 National Bureau of Standards (Source: FOIA.
Tequest)

Proof of employment at the National Bureau of Standards, Van Ness Street,
Washington, D.C., for Burrell W. Brown, May 1931-May 1948

Letter to selective service. States that “Mr. Brown was engaged in research
problems in radioactivity concemed with national defense of a confidential
nature...author anknown but believed to have been Dr. Leon Curtiss. (From
private archive)


16.88, On the other hand, St is realized that at many
gf these installations the provision of desirable shielding
structurally impossible or otharvise very cient,

teary whe it becomes necessary to fit them into
Consequently the dose rate of 2) Sane
Te ee ee oe’ ns even at
the 0} catsorealy adic te prac maya,
Tae cota’ not Segtmendeds Parthocnoce st
at
Jationa where this condition exists it becomes manda! ay
that constant checks be performed, that operations be
Hmited to insure that not more than fhe meximum permis-
able we Sloss 5a received hy any petsounel ond that

operations be suspended if occur otherwise,
TGR Location of ho target boot teen id level is

usually preferable. Some experimenters prefer low-scatter

flooring and building walls made of thin or grids.

Directing the beam away from occupied areas, and Re

larly the "8 €o! often results in some shiclding

economy. to the around the target should ‘ae

than. direction,

oa Ss Because the ion beatn produced hy these machines
iBeretort ss gute practicable fp bring Ke a
le &
irae ure ontamning Te target. However, such an
enclosure egos permit sufiicient space for
mentation that can be foreseen. In addition, effort
be sade to sitfeld auy other structures that could freer

16,86. In the design of these generators i t phon ‘be kept
in mind that secondary electrons are likely to produce
X-rays and that modifications i Ines asic He design might lessen
the protection requirements for this

16.4, High-frequency anesloratore.

leah. Jn virtually all of these machines massive shield.
ing is mandatory, and few ni nav, ipatalations can be planned
that do aot reguirg a special bull designed for the

Because of struchira) Conadeatony, there 2 &
Tendency to keop shielding of the syace immediately above
the neutrons observed outside the sh! G may origmaly
have eetned zone ap and fhe. Ben
down other structures

draw require ahielding
chine, the shielded enclosure Sst Dermtt sufficient room
for experimentation, particularly in the beam direction.

28

highly desirable to provide space for additonal shield.
at may ‘ecrna necessary in case methods are found
as bas been the case in the yest) to boost the radiation

output,

16.42, No installation should he designed in which the
dose vate of 244 mrems/hr is exceeded outside the ahield-
ing under conditions that ear be foreseen, This is particu.

in
(as

aide ee ae ak are Ne econt vinta aie into
cs
advantage tay be taken, of the segue sftecta 0 of sof,
16.44. jAgcess to the shielded od rcloaure may be Provided
ither a maze or mo 6 {ust wer driven’
a Blocks, The tir dain roquires lens space and

"a Raden reactors: Because of the complexity of
reactor desi; eee ele
existence, it appears impractical to provide an inite
xeconmmendations. Protection desien Should b thes

gained with existing

17, Stationary Shields

11, ‘The shielding of neutron sources is at ant nob
a3 Well understood as that of gamma sources. Conse
thi should In general be more Grendgneds ths foe
wild in general be move aver re
pulas given below will include alee ni faty factors
for general use. It is a fact of practical importance
that edequate shielding against nevtrons will in gen-
exe) suppress gaan. radiation to permissible levels at
both reactors and acceleratora, Water and other hydro-
genons shields constitute an im important exception to this
the twe of radioactive sources, and in particular

eee sources, ganima 48 a separate and
often more im} Brol
17.2, In the of buitdings planned to contain neu-

tron tors, shielding should be the first i id.
ered coat of bath size and wel weight, ° tem consi

17.8, Ordinary or heavy a; ite concrete or earth are
econay by house of watered tans i alee ofa
economy by the use of wal s

hy maintenance difficulties, In addition, evaporation rep-

29


rato of the instrument may be independent Ge intenaty and
algnify only the pulsing Sate of the genersior. aly

11, Measurement of Neutron Flax

11.1, ta Bie case of sac neutrons of known

mnoenergetic
ener may be determmed provided the cross
eae aon Se Tteraction employed in detection fs known

and the number of occurring in unit thine can
be measured in an absolute manner.

11.2, The flux measurement in neutron beams invoh

in unimown exergy distribution can be made only 3 ie
detection effclency i ig independent of neutron en This
requirement ig met in, Sureshold detectors

ce of gubstantially constant cross section above the
Shreshold, and io the “long ped by tap adhe of
a scattering characteristics of the moderator

absor
ihe sensing cemonks The sg sarc
Eogn tmmorman Goa deter

rain uty. and calibation
mgt be Pen ee pero

(about 01 to $ Mev) important
Teterval tas fae he lang couisee fainter ‘ol “ar

# rgonne) moni is is perform formed on
hody surface, pendix 1 ch should be aprile.
an 4, The Gussdatistic parlocs ‘flux detectors ag well
ay thelr calibration are discussed im appendix 2,

12, Dose Measuroment

32.1, Becauge the issible Jimit of exposure to neu-
sont i elated to abtorbed ccs, {is obviouly preferable

to measure this qu quantity 2g this can
nsvally be done with Uitte or n0 formstion ot neutron
energy. Like neutron Say

formed utilizing oe Bragg-Gray theorem. Ths "ratte
20

the ionization in a cavity with the enor
a Oy na Loe eae wae
In the Se ony ray ee eee

of hydrogenous materials, Use of tissue
materials (i.e, 8 game Pet
i of cy ia oon tal tan of
against er et zt the eet tate
ol ue
tie perl ing nixed sadlation field where garnma
present.
12A, Charabers having genous ous walls nay be
{a measure rama rad!
selbaely and to tain dove by subtraction.
lowever, if the atomic ‘aaher of the oat eaten is low
en exhibit an oximately air or tissue-equiva-
se at low energies, the chamber algo has
8 certain neutron beyond neutron exer; of
about 0,5 Mev, computations inc

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U.S. Department of Commorca Siclte Weeks, Secretary
National Bereas of Standards A.V, Astin, Ditestor

PROTECTION AGAINST
NEUTRON RADIATION UP TO
30 MILLION ELECTRON VOLTS

Hoel

Uni gti
“ of

National Bureau of Stendards Handbook 63
Yarued November 22, 1957

Por aula ty the Soperintendant of Detemsata, Weshlagion 28, D. ©. » Fries 40 cents



resents 8 serious hazard, although ft be retarded
the addition of oil. wh fe may ed

17.4, Payafiin or oil is a fire hazard, and nelther should

be sed f in large stationary

shields.
17.6, Methods of ahlelding calculations are outlined ix
appendix 5,

18. Movable Shields

AGA. Tt fs often necessary to operate operate with temporary
shielding, im which the shield is not cast into place but
rather i built separate blocks. As all such ingtalle-
tions are subj eee ee cake whist ane iti he
asaembly, a di survey should be made prior to xoutine
operation of the source. In general i is found that a‘care-
fully Jaid unmartared concreta block shield is ninetenths
a5 effective a3 a monolithic poured structure. bricks

ly redu
erties) cracks should to reduce leakage, Grav-
iy isl act eee eae cracks closed,

19, Unuaual Hazards
19.4. Tiven ve shidds be  aaintactory when

#0 that it 1g nse necessary t ‘one ae aati raat
routinely, Examples of such h deferiorations ase the lds some
water from a ‘hydrogenous
Mata Cu devon of crak, ree din {0
settling, or the logs of hydrogen due to radiation daniage
in paradin or oi], Reactors in water pools should be euip-
ped wits repr honor ena to waa of ered water
1a

20, Provedures to be Implemented
in Case erexpOsUre

Handbook 59 of this series, the tol ‘an
individual {s altered if, once in his Lifetime and within a
period of 1 month or less, he ig exposed to al

20.2, Although the clinical ent of such an in-
alvinal salvo the provings of te sitian, its form
course, a8 well as the individnal’s seats, rl
beintuoncsd by tu magus ofthe dase resi od. Hen
every effort should be made to evaluate rene
apd ea ef lo pm nd oe
8 extent fort will in a 8
availability of suitable t seonttor
body of the person fr On the
mation on the subject, and the ta of
accidental exposures, mle, nd th erp ele ¢
‘to the experimental approach.
20.4. Ideally, a suitable pergonnel-monitoring device is
an apparatus of eanple 4 dosimetric ranga capable of register.

ing separately doses of aud of neutrons, Nu-
clear track emulsions, reclally packed, tissne-equivalent
lon chamber

and gr Joniaatie ‘pairs, er oshinckers

that fulfill these requirements to a great extent, a

described in appendix 4. If available, fro rea pv by

these instruments can be i alresty in

tion of body doses, once the influence of iy
body and the spatial characteristics of

operator's
ten field are ind ceablished. The ‘The uni re aie
fel ape lependen que

Byprecinted

‘the. consequenc sudden damaging

ca gery, ang to dday ort

operat og, onion Sapling these” phovelline af the

0 ical ose ¢
vectdent. ip ig

20.5. Whenever true personnel dosimeters are, for any
reason, unavabable, ible, oft into integrating personnel detector
readings can be vantege.

Dodds atin is then best done with proper dost-

the presence of radiations that are ss nearh
identical as possible to those emitted di ced

luring the
and and by by relying on on personnel detectors 2s integrating moni-

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a a a

oe

posed to detectable amounts of radiation, If such locations
are outside the controlled area and accessible to the the public
517 ay be diffeutt or ‘mepossile to ba regulate or or soar

obec of rol abe
Res number of individuals a a ebldren) meh be
axpesed, special safeguards must be provided.

'L. Considering all available evidence, no significant
sedition effects have been demonstrated in animals or
humans at or below the maximum weekly permissible dose
Jevels, By extrapolation from observations et ruch higher
dose Jove, | jt sours Beams posable that long-continued irradia~

levels, may have some deleterious
ata “fhon embe ey auch effects is believed to be tess

many otter physical and chemical health
pian Ba as are daily exposed. Nevertheless, effort
should ba made to > reves ex as much helow permis-
sible ose Jevele as practi
"The 155° recommendations of the NCRE_ (see page $8)
stipulate hat “the Permissible dose to. the
gonads for the population of the United States az a whole
for al) gomrees of yadiation, including medica} and other
Manmade sources, and d, Bhall not exceed 14
million rems per yaiiiion of ‘population over the
from conception up to age 80, and one fuird that amount
& oa lath am in sagen ella ng ot =
8 population group in wi ig may be. ex-
To achieve this gual ti is Suriher. Tecommended
iol aed to radiation in

the siton of 2 vada
wirons a
sible e actuated dose ted dose aball ‘nok ex exceed. tueten
radiation workers. This is equivalent fo an average
ie doze of 800 mrems es Pe year. Jt should be noted a
fete gare hits besa Set primarily beens of senate

jury. Ex.
ie ia = Tints set for aflation Jan work be-

period is recommended for uncontrofled areas,

Obviously the best to sttain Be objective is to
avoid, roy of uch a dose to any ‘the areas fn

Question regardless of any cooupancy pe te and this
16

policy is sa strongly recommended. If more than 10 mrems

‘ns such uncontrolled areas during a cal-
endar week, regular checks are required to insure that
individuals remain there fo t eufbctentty gimtted pare

of time so that
month period is nett ‘This fit 3 apples eat ually if Real
generators contribute radiation to the same Socation.
ect ¥t is to be noted that exposure figures
may ba revised downward in the future, particularly if the
number of exposed to radiatfon should neres inererse
in the design of neutron protection it
is advisable to make Proviston for more shielding to be
eidct tnt fate In the case of large Dormant instal-
‘sons it may be mnch more economic ly such

fee pros: doherty nal inaleion ben
orn me Insure compliance
wie i Possible pare Tan time ta tink ‘be lower, However,
‘vo firm recommends.
ee can be hvac of dette on i kno pol reise
9. Gamma- and X-ray Hazards Arising in the
Operation of Neutron Sources
9.4. Ta practice, the presence of nepfrons in the labora.

accompanied by X- and
Potion Bo Because the relative intensity of of of this sponent
Tay vary uN sperinental wonditions, the

wit ions,
aust be assessed di by the operator and added to the

neutron hazard with an RB) of any. i brief daverigtion
of the mechanism of photon production in various
pn stallion apne bre for information ot

ere Low-voltage ton accelerators (400 kev), Although
‘used to produce neutrons fres of gamma rays, such ma-
chines, ate usualy sirong soures of, X-rays. These are
engendered by electrons released at the walls end
of the apparatus by ion fonber heat ok gecelerated
ward ie and tte Satine ‘This radiation

material and the walls 0 of a)

tus. The energies of the photon radiation are char: a
of the nuclens and mnay vary from 9 few humdred kev to
about 20 Mev,

Ww


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Subject: and Radiation
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:29:56 +0000

To whom it may concem:

and | shared the same laboratory on Van Ness Street in the National Bureau of Standards
during World War fi. | did remember in years gone by that our laboratory was located on Van Ness I did
not remember the building number, but the documents which | have now seen show that it was the rious
Building Number 2.

| arrived in Washington in when my husband was transferred from Camp Crowder in Neosho,
Missouri, to Washington D.C., where the army trained him first at Catholic University in Japanese and then in Vint
Hilt, Virginia, in preparation for cryptography. | left Washington in when my husband was released
US army six months after the end of WWII.

Shortly after | arrived in Washington, ! was hired by Leon Curtiss of the National Bureau of Standards to work
on the alpha particle spectroscopy of "W Metal." Such was the degree of secrecy (classification) of the
Manhattan Project in our area. tn principie, | was nat kept informed about the nature of my research. | knew that!
was working on a project involving artificially induced fission of uranium only because | knew the energy of alpha
particles from U235 and U238, because | could see the occasional huge pulses from natural fission of uranium,
and because | was measuring the gradual enrichment of U235 alpha particles relative to those from U238. After
all, my M.S. from Comell University was in experimental nuclear physics. The information that | needed for my
hypotheses had appeared in the physics journats before all such inforrnation became classified. As time
progressed, | observed the enrichment of U235 relative to U238 from my measurements. My data was being
used by Oak Ridge in refation to their enrichment prograrn that used gaseous diffusion of uranium. Uranium
enriched with U235 was eventally used in the fission bomb that fell on Hiroshima.

2xperiment involved special Geiger counters. My brief record of that period tells me that! also
did some work with special Geiger counters, but my chief recollection was of electroplating the solutions of
uranium salt and then putting the samples in my ionization chamber for measuring the energy and counting rates
of the alpha particies.

In those days, there were no badges to monitor our exposure to radiation; and samples were brought into the
laboratory without information as to the nature of the materials delivered. { do remember one incident of
frightening proportions. One day a large glass case, about 5 feet high, was rolled into our laboratory not too far

.from my equipment. The case contained rather large thin pieces of shiny metal. At some point during the day,
began to fill his experimental geiger counter with gas generated in his glass apparatus. The laboratory
was rather larae and experiment was at the other end of the laboratory from my apparatus and the glass
case. When aumed on his electronics, he was shocked to find no geiger counts from natural background
tadiation. He said that something was wrong with his apparatus; he began making tests. Nothing worked.

Eventually { made a suggestion. "Let me roll the glass case out of the room, and we'll see what happens."
What did happen was that counter began to count furiously once the case was out of the laboratory, with
the door closed. in short, ine radiation coming from the glass case had swamped the geiger counter across the
laboratory and was causing maximum geiger counts even when removed from the laboratory.. | do not know-how
many other cases we had of exposure to unusual-doses of radiation from apparatus rolled into the laboratory, but
this-one was enough to cling to my memory for 60 years.

Another incident has clung to my memory over the years. { was not involved with a room that was used to
store radium in vials. Evidently, was still working with radium. One day over the box-Junches that we ate
in our Jaboratory, expressed his concern over the radium room. He told me that vials of radium had burst
from the build-up ot gas in the vials (it must have been mostly alpha particles tured into helium gas and some
radon), and now there was a radium spill all over the room. He was concemed that he might have to be the
person to clean it up, and he was most unhappy at the prospect because he wanted to have children. { fear for
the extent of radium clinging to” clothes during that period.

Our other exposure came from handling radioactive materiat from Oak Ridge. | do know that in addition,

was involved in the radium program, with which | had no involvement. | was shocked fo learn recently
from the documents of the degree of contamination in Buildng #2. But} suspected the hazards of our exposure
over that time, | was especially concerned because as the war was drawing to a close, | wanted very much to
Begin having children. | finally thought that was pregnant just about the time that my husband was given a
jough.
Back in New York, | visited my family physician, who had become a gynecologist.

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Contents

i

Rreteso «0.
1 Toto pone
m. rap ano phyateal and bi

4

4

a ification of neutrons 4

Absorbed. doue é

dosa units employed to define 6

isd as or trons aad fee 8

& 2
L
i
x

L apasepaers,
2% Wax detectors and thelr calibrath
ectioue by ron
+ tcite yileton tase
6
b

Bateding ektculaGons and Sata
1. Neutron jon neay high

BR ssssae HEResAeass Sess = BRE

Protection Against Neutron Radiation
up to 30 Million Electron Volts
Y, Introduction
1. Definition of Terma

Pa following definiti

st oof tacts of tus Kandtsfp tans ons

ony differ somewhat from common use,

‘Shall, Neceessty or essential to meet currently accepted

standards of
Should. Is Yooommended. Indicates advisory i
amon that are to be applied when practicabla
Absorbed dose. Absort f

tion is the energy parted to
per mass of irradiated
jevort, The abworbed dose is measured in rads, In this
Seta oar nae eta BT
ue 0: nae 5
go fctlenatons A ei for pari le
parti articles such as el
Sie ium

Jocation, Any region around & id. sure of lon,
izing radiation tat gan | be, reached w!
structures or wt 0 Pea ot

tf specially: dented
pom
ee ny low number of xed blood corpuscles

ore ee of ahog used in expressing muclear cross
section, 1 barn = 10“ cm‘, me, Cova sections Pet ston a8
customarily measured fa barns

Capture, ityon becomes:

of the aaclons a with, Shieh it collides Sthaut Taleess of
another heavy

Controlled ares, A defined area in which the ot

tional exposure of ertonnel to radtation to radi
material is tn er the atipervinon ef & radiation sateny

Crosg section. ‘Bifective target area for specified nui

interaction. The cross ion is a measure of the prot
ability on the intaraetion, At is expressed in barns,

or
at some point in space even if tissue not actually
be located af such a poink, Tn euch Justandes such doses

1




9.4, (att) sources. The (an) reactions are, witha few
excaplons (eg, Po, also sources of intense
ation because of concomitant, emission an the
Taleo chain (RaTM*, soe ‘Th, Act, etc).
Photoneutron sources. (yn) a enters, such as ‘radio
adie sources and hazardons
from @ this is stand int because ‘ter relptively ampall cross 8e0-
Compton and

Hon of he ro ret siren piety on re an overwhelming flux
se cess, TequirEs
y photons Zor the production of 8 relatively small number

9.6, Thermal neutron sowrces. Such sources as nuclear
reactors prosent the added hazard. of ¢ pam rays, which
almost invariably follow the capture of neutrons by muck
‘The cross sections for this process vary widely (10°
i” barn), and the of the gamma

varies from a few ten! ah shat 10 3 10 Mev. Frequently
te prot nucleus is zadioactive and emits gamma rédia-
jon also.

9.2. Inelastic scattering, Rast neutrons, of ener;
than that of the lowest excitation levels of a nu
lose gner; by, excitation, “This proesss (of crete oe seeion
usually bel low 8 barns) results in the emission of gamma

roy characteristic of the disturbed nucleus. ‘This bore of
en eatin ote alata na
ue neu
4 Fission sources. Since the fission prooess ven ja

sre) by thermal neutrons—{s accompanied
by the production of r of adlgactive ree Fred.
Ps sonal definite gamma-ray

10. Neutcon Detectors

10.1, For practical purposes the processes that reveal
the presence (or previous presence) of neutrons pooled “be
classified as instantaneous or 2s delayed
not er eto St de itonteatien, or
5 that is caused by ionization.

30.2. Examples of tnetantaneous radiations ond their

& Fission: Fission recoils may be detected by the heir jonfz-
ing effect Ja ceunten counters or or ion chambers; the

dant release
of gamma radiation detected by its ent effect.
it from ‘elton bo fete recoiling nucleus
may cause detectable fonization,

i

¢ Iuelastic collision: On gailision,

of the kinetic
qneey of the nestron ray bi CON

ed to gemma ray

a eine
ed processes, principal delayed processes
disintegrations

are radioactive fission products and of
nuclei produced by neutron aes

10.4. If the presence of neutrons has not been foreseen,
and provision for Siumnediate measurement haa therefore

not been made, the delayed process may sometimes be of
special eft,

10.5, "Neutron detectors utilize the same devices (count-
ers, ionization chambers, photographic emulsions, on)
that are used to fhe dln of oir ong alos,
although, 8 in the case of ra any direct ionizing

effect of the

10.6. Digernmination between fonization due to neutrons
gna ionization due to gaznma fo gaming rave, when both are p resent,
is not difiealt in are designed Jey for

detection (as itera nny from fiux or dosage measurement).
ah burst of ionization that can be prod by bya s eoniing

that f is ianeare 1b ote a dtc y by ea

tion. The latter can be
eal cirevit of an tram Vor fe seats oe
obtained in based on

instruments
seni opal, depends depends Shon ot on Bre euerg one pu En

ie dpe procs cau be cul upp

riminate against everything but neutrons, and can be

made sensitive naltive also, ‘Bit tay suffer from the same

Sependencs on neutron . In of this deficiency,

vity re are of value in rapidly de~

ienitiug ings arwae whens Bie mavtrontenc i toy Sr 1D
justify any efforts at quantitatt

} any ive measurements.
20 Son eo re Instrument that de;
pends upon, oF nia ‘that exceed

aston eo ‘must be suspected fa eh it is used

iat for reying In the the ‘eet et a generator, It will
pul ved only the erty Aare) a 4
rege MW ie 6 cydle Of ihe
tas are not regolved, the comting

19

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Mendel, Rosalind B & Mincer, Allen. (Edited by) Frontiers in Cosmic Physics:
A Special Colloquium and S sium in Memory of Serge Ale: Kos
publications@nyas.org

Radin, J.R, Smith, A.R. & Little, N. (1974). Alpha-spallation cross sections at
920 MeV (230MeVIN) in?"Al, *°0,"C, and "Be, and application to cosmic-ray
transport. American Physical society Journals. Issue 5, May 1974. p.C9, 1718-
1729 (1974) °...members of the Cosmic Ray Group at New York University for
their support, advice, and discussion; in particular Serge A. Korff and Rosalind
B. Mendel...”

Mendell, RB. Mincer, AI. (1992), The War Years: An Interview with Bernard
Hamermesh, Frontiers in Cosmic Physics. Symposium in Memory of Serge
Alexander Korff, held on September 13,1990 in New York, NY. Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 655, New NY, 1992, p.22. (From
NASA ADS Astronomy/Planetary Abstract Service)

Google search results for Rosalind Mendel. Linsley, J. (1984) Sub-luminal pulses
from cosmic-ray air showers > +, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
“Rosalind Mendell kindly provided information about the response of organic.
scintillators to recoil protons.”

Linsley, J. (1984) Sub-luminal pulses from cosmic-ray showers. Journal of
Physics G: Nuclear Physics. L191-L195 Dept of Physics and Astronomy,
University of New Mexico, USA. Issue 8, 1984.

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Mendell, R.B. (1994). Guide to the Papers of Serge A. Korff 1928-1989, New
York University Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. 12 linear feet (8 boxes).

De Angelis, M,, Caldora, M., Santaquilani, A. & Verdecchia, A. (2001)
Radiation-induced biological effects on crew members: a combined analysis on
atmospheric flight personnel. Physics Medica, Vol. XVII, Septemberl, 2001.

Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Remedial Action and
Waste Technology, Division of Facility and Site Decommissioning Projects.
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Elimination Report for The
Former National Bureau of Standards Buildings, Van Ness Street, Washington,
D.C. This document includes site function, site description with map and
radiological history and status of the NBS, Van Ness Street. (Source: FOIA
request)

DOE Office of Worker Advocacy. Facility List, National Bureau of Standards,
Van Ness Street. July 11, 2001. (Source: FOIA request)

Dopyment “WORKING DBAFT not for release” “The Former National Bureau of
Standards Buildings, Van Ness Street, Washington, D.C. This document describes


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fs Engle ot or-miiltipe doses’
xadiation daina|

st way apoeat early are: eit) reduc.
hocytes, id epithelia
cells of paee and dn bls a 2. ther may

Tack of new cells resulting in 4 teigaton
It should be ted out thet theee effects are not neces-

1) reducti ae. a
| Brag ps
re sea i sure
poy aor (anemia) and sand, of platelets ross
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t

not easily detected but they axe “camulative and muat he
considered, sapecially if large epuiation cag groups axe ex-

js exDORUEs ince
States -injury.alone) may eventually. xeduce, aaa
1B SE oan , and leukemia: are Cee Of vara,
posure: uvalignant changes “usually, always,”
a ed. by: other indications . of radiation suman.”
Resto ie aut bo pointed out that the presences of
malignancy does not necessarily indicate radiation as: the
causative
78. Certain fast-neutron hazards ay open to be related
to § more pronounced accumulation of trom mul-
fiple exposures than occurs In the case of X-irradiation,
(nd ate fe opts sd gern epic
organs (auch aa the ithelinm mand germinal epithel-
nents. th Sy there there scale rane pb y Toll.
sures, Althou;
ng exposure to weutrons, ft 18 less than in the ease of
' X-yvays,

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"g0e8 on, pee radi
‘They .

ome ine fiom expose to manifes- ‘

‘1.1, Mach of our information concerning biologic affects
of radiation comes from clinical experience and anj-
mal experimentation, but occasionally an seeldenfal ove
exposure yields valuable data in this y
Much more information is needed from al ire sources

8. Permissible Exposure to Neutrons

8.1. Due to the action of coamic radiation, there exista a
constant neutron flux of jhly 60 n cm-* hr~t at sea level.
‘This increases with altitude, reaching a value approxi-
punted by 50d n ony hr at 19,000 feet. The resultant dose

the order of 1 mrad/wesk at sea level and 10
eee at “000 feet.

82, Permissible exposure to neutrous is the dose that

be secelvedl withows undue risk fo the health of the
vidual a1 a ee uation. Certain ase ules

mm oe

vat
organs, must”) no more than 300" thitems/sveeks In
the energy range covered hera, absorbed doses netions
are for practical purposes always maximal at or near 4

body eteface: and because Gainevof the eritigal orga, sua
os. the Jens at the’ Jeudi the amnle sonal are “at little
‘Spare ne en
exposure sano: “permiss
rorems mrems as meastired eae al les”
‘Permit, somel ‘by, certain »
body regions... 1500+
feral Hoy 3 Shall *hot
Epil a special ‘efforts have been made to
assure that the ~ aaa thé trunk ate not in
‘excess of BOO Mattei /weskIn exceptional cases tt ds

necessary for A person fo receive mote than 0.8 rem in 1
week, he may receive 8 rems in 18 weeks,

8.8, The 1957 recommendations of Ste National Coramit-
additional restrictions

Nas): remnt if ()
where D is the RBI dose accumulated at age N years. The

formula applies to all critical organs except the skin, for
aids the alne 2D is perigee ,

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processes may he forther divided into various as dif erential
eros sectlons that express the probability for

in a particular dirvetlon. ‘The number of neutrons interac
ing is determined by the sum of all processes that can take
place, that is by the total cross section, er,

3, Absorbed Dase

for jusntinsive cotrdation Leinsen exporors ted bic
lor quantitative lon. ore -
cal gftec, Thee er Un muuas at fs imparted 9

any mataciay f Fag radiation is denoted as the absorbed
is expressed in rads,

a ‘pane absolute CGS system of units, specific energy
imparted to matter is expreased in gram. One
rad eaves 106 erga. Oe vailirad send oe fone fhon:
unit of “absorbed dose” in July 1958, a omen af be
me a lonal Commission on. sdiological i pre

hagen|

garam ray6, 2 dons nap have dare
the literature, but in the sense most widely it
isa untt of absorbed dose in soft tissue with 2 magnitude of

1 xep

4. Other Dose Unite Employed to inn _—

A, Although. oft nevtton
ote fs the rad, ao ot cle ek other uae are seanioned or

have i, Soa of es
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the site function, site description. Owner history, radiological history and status of
Building 2. (Source: FOIA request)

‘This appears to be the final product of document A41. (Source: FOIA request).

Army Service Forces (April I1, 1946) Subject: Work Required by other Sites to
be done by the Bureau of Standards. Memorandum. “Following is the summary
of the work expected to be done by the Bureau of Standards for the Manhattan
District Research Contract during the coming fiscal year.” (Source: FOLA

request)

Kelley, WE., Lt. Col.(March 26, 1946). Corps of Engineers, Area Engineer,
Letter to Dr. Condon, Director, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of
Commerce, Washington, DC. This document lists work to be done by the NBS,
including “shotgun” (neutron absorption) test facilities to be started during July of
1946 through arrangements with Dr. L. F. Curtiss. (Source: FOIA request)

Linking Legacies. This is a flow chart labeled “Flow of Materials Through the
Nuclear Weapons Complex” National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is listed under
Chemistry & Met., Ordnance. (Source: FOIA request)

Wallo, Andrew IIL. (1979) Letter to Mr. John P. Allen, Project Director, Special
Projects Division, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C., from A.
Wallo of The Aerospace Corporation. Subject: National Bureau of Standards
Building, Washington, D.C.” As I stated in our telephone conversation of April 5,
1978, Aerospace is summarizing the status of sites which were formerly utilized
for the processing and storage of principally uranium and thorium for the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Manhattan Engineer District. The purpose of the
task is to obtain complete records for these sites that will verify their radiological
safety.” The letter lists the use of building 3 and states that it was approved for
destruction in August of 1976 and it was demolished in September of October of
1976. “tt is expected that most of the area (Lot 14 or 8) will be open area (street
or park).” (Source: FOIA request) .

Uranium Inventory as of 31 December 1946. These documents list the uranium
and thorium at the NBS and other facilities. (Source: FOIA request)

Memo “Thru: Robert W. Ramsey Jr., Assistant Director for Nuclear Programs
Division of Environmental Control Technology, DOE-HQ. “Decontamination
and Decommissioning: Review of Manbattan District History (Classified
Documents} — Med” (Source: FOIA request)

Mott, Win. E, Director January 1978) Letter to J.L. Liverman, ASEV, S.H.

Greenleigh, GC, E.G. Hewlett, Historian’s Office, XS. “Summary of Manhattan.
Project Uranium Flow Sheet.” (Source: FOIA request)

“Preliminary History of AEC Thorium Research and Development” (Source:
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Preface
In recent years the number of neutron sources in this
country hag increased greatly. It has also become evident
that, because of their physical al properties and biological

effects, neutrons must led a8 a special of
radiation hazard, On the oer hand, the ernie of

adequate protection regulations is made diffteult because
of the limited experience available and hecause of the

variable output of many neutron sources, The contents of

‘orm availab) this in-
formation is not obtainable it has been set forth in
some detail, Because of the rapid development of neutron -

technology it was falt ad to state recommendations
rather rules in many instances, However, the rules
provided (section IV) are deemed essential for ‘proper

a q
PrSnboommttee I of the National Committee on Radiation
Protection and Measurements has recommende:

Protection, In addition, the National Academy of Sctences
and the British Medical Research Council have executed
detafled reviews on the effects of ionizing radiations on
hunan, . The four groups have made quite similar
recommendations,

The recommendations of this Handbook take into con-
alderation the statement of January 8, 1957, by. ae Na-

moum permissible levels for radiation workers: The re-
frements in section 21.6 are somewhat more t
given in the January statement. In
for neutrons

tive Ble RED proslan, At some foture tiny the ae
i) e0me ire ie
fn this Handbook. weed {0 bo revised. This conserva-
tive attitude is considered desirable because much less is
known about biological effects of neutron radiation a8 com-
pared with X- and gamma rays,

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to RBE to obtain the dose

Prod By electromagnetic radiation) shail be taken

ifthe’ Meco of ‘neutron Lede at, ag ia
10"

val yale ay pt, ms

be multiplied by the
i maa as

g

radiation bw hinsself thet is
no likelihood that any person while rentaining ih these
areas wi ive doses in excess of 125 mrems in 2 3-

1
talender week dooa not exceed 800 narems.

22, Radiation Protection Officer

22.1, Personnel ible for work with neutron
sore Gal abo rene fe radon st. ita
nevizon source is 9) ‘of delivering more than 300
aru per work weet si custo of any exon p>
ohed ‘odo rdaon satin officer shall bo
a
Trated ted by the hanna ant concerned, Hix responsibilities

Faral satin tee ne p panning and
exten Fung nha 5
Hee re taba of operation of the ch with epan to
50
the rac aan aly en forth

c. Mutification to i working mer the enon of
“sued ie of ek prom fo aa
tonal, souryss of fe

@. Repos ting rasta. umsage practices to

the ‘prone ai ng ot for suitable action whenever neces-
sary,

8h

officer should he familiar with
the contents of adistion protection ofc ond, abal have sufficient
erience to, understand and apply pertinent

teton oft
pponsibilisy Hla shall bo guided b a
reaposiily. Ee sal ek (co from qualified

pecessary.
32.2, The radiation protection officer shall be informed
of any changes in the mode of operation of the source if

offteer should keep records
of personnel "Spano ond ae dose Jevela, wep

2. Radioactive Soureas
sag: Neston, cou, containing zatvae that
potentlal hazard of intalation sion

a "
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energy of about 600 kev. In addition, the
lative dance and cross section {g much
cane of Bre, (ay), reaction. Howerer, the

for large masses of tissue the gamma dose is much larger.
‘There recise ‘information, hale

geometry of the ircad!
een reap le sn Ss at iven above for fast
naut rons, For lange iassae 28 af tissue (20 em thick or more)
the maxim is gssntialy in spend of neutron
eur at tv, Meta Cat calculations hava indi
that the percentage of Siee Ohot owe dorm
to thermal energy in a thick slab doos not vary greatly
with the energy of the incident beam; ud a far ener
Wp fo 8 er ese thermalized neutrons account for: most
tha dose, it follows that the dose is constant.
6.5, The depth dose curves obtained by fonte Carlo cal-
galations waln if & slab of tewne $0 cm thick are given in
appendix 1 ‘These may as approxima
jons to the dosage patterns within the trunk of @ himan

5

6. Relative Biological Bfectivencss

64. thas been found that equal shnotb donee delivered
by different Jonizing radiations roxy de.
Pavol The faatve boa THtivenae EB)

iat to another {s defined a9 the
gi feeder ved equal
re

ples om shgasbed sos Dy by oe radiation avd,
ny by the other ‘ay RB of Be tier Sa De,
6.2, The biological of different Kindy of
Jonlaing radiation sca indicated ag relative to that
of conventional the sic K-radiation (200 lev) ae unity.
In Isthallty studies it has beon found that gamms radiation

or appatentiy has aa RE from
Ger oe hater ake
ot mneaeurennants det eines opty
tissue dose, the chief physical variable which 3
accounts § for the * iter in RBB is the e rate of lone Of oF toss

ar oc eden vrens ial ierentreis
ton of the energy transfer jlace in tissue, Conse-

0

gently it te now ‘is now proposed to consider Hnear enor,

fartor .
x 2a) Py phryeal fa responsible f for “fe

fat lets, the ‘ype of effet
Stem Gh aplabannd

6.5. The term “ram” has caning -
or rad gautealent, rant a 8 oho unit iia in a

The BNE of C LET values, eyond 18 kev/p has ‘mn or

ings Biol bi pA
cre sari an an ee

ould bo 2 to 4. Desert no) curtves for X-rays

and neutrons are sips in ae ico, vats, and other

animels, but  Gifter fo x some such ch aa’ tho di
tion. a3 io rent iam Tider REE
particdaely REE of fast nentrons,

|


48, The Victoreen condenser xmatar, an inatrament ed.
meas) often bean used to 8 ‘on
Shon The Sa une" is enderetond bo the amount of neutron
radiation that digcharges the io chamber to the same ad as
does 1 roentgen of are G ometimes. a fietinetion 3 is susie fue
the 25-1 chamber model (N unit af eae ni

ries above 1 Mev and up to sever:
her 18 earner soggy 2 xads. At lower neutron
energies the number of per 2 probably becomes larger, The
unit is now obgolete.

5. Interactions Between Neutrons and Tissue
interactions that occur between neutrons and
tissue depend mon te composition of the tissue involved,

purposes Handbook the atomic consposition of
i ‘standard man” has been used to evaluate the more

table 1.
Tantn 1, Atomic composition of the “etendard man”

ey
‘DBR
erty
AUS
saxres
HEE | BRIE
Eun ow aisXiet

‘Bota. con earxiet foe.

2, For hoth fast neutrons and relativistic neutrons up
to toon, the most important interaction between neuisins
and tissue is olastic scattering. The cross sections for ab-
sorption are small io comparison with the scattering cross
Pon ee

las nove lev,
cross section tends to decrease rath
ae eS ion Inelastic scattering and spallation

8

‘become more important ag the newton ene increases.
However, there are few, if any, quantitative data on this
point at , jhe energy, ahsorhed in tissue due to
alastte collisions is transfe largely a8 a result of seatter-
ing by hydrogen atoms, This is so both becanse the hydro-
gen atoms occur mote abundantly, bat also because the
average frection of the energy lost in an elastic collision
ig given by 2i/ META), here M in the mass number
of the atom struck, and thus the heavier atoms dissipate
only a small fraction of the nevtron's energy,

gives the nergy absorbed per gram of tissue exposed
to neutrons gueray E tied} with 1 neutron/om? inci-
dent on a small volume element of tissue, Taking into
account only the first collisions of the neutrons, the

in rads due to collisions with an of mass number

element,
M, secti (barns id
Ht soo Saati ), ard atomic abundance NV

Domb age ey aNonx10¢ (vada), feb)

Figme 1 indicates that, in general, elastic scattering by
rogen accounts for 80 to 95 parent of the tr
fe to tissue by fast neutrons of fhe enoray trae

5.8. For a beam of neutrons incident on ‘MAB
of tissue, the formulas (of 5.2) Inlet be correct to take
Of he buy (entancement by mute eit oe ea

ie buildyy carmen! le co) on
dose is very dient to assess f but can, £

be guiicient necaracy for most Dracticl
lon. Because always ludes
the first collision dose given by SUneast the above for-

stots sds never ore en ec he see
and is never more ry collision
at the surface, It {s to be this rule only
applies to fhe maximum or 8 dose and does not ayply
deep within an the first
dose may be 8 much smaller fraction of the total dose.

5.4. Fo neutrons of

, intermediate or thermal energy,
most of the dose is d in the process of nettron

sorption, The prin interactions axe the H(n,v)D and
fhe Ne(aimh react en :
teraction

cipal

ons.

ig much greater, because the 7
quantum. hes aa of about 22 @



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more miscarriages efore accepting the reality that | would never have another live child.

have recently heard that was diagnosed to have zero sperm count after his years in the
Radiation Lab and that their desire tor cnudren led and his wife to adopt his lovely daughter. Later on
and his wife did have one biological child. Did he long for more children.? | only know that I did long for at
ieast one more live birth that never came. | recently read Barbara Goldsmith's book on the sad life of Marie Curie
and what radium did to her body. {t is sad that while we did take precautions, we were not yet well enough
informed to fully understand the risks that we were encountering.

Rosalind B. Mendell

http://mailcenter2 .comcast.net/wmi/toolbar/notheme him! 3/26/2005


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accel over accelerators is the ease of
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the msaves of the resultant altant particles, and a oe
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a source of atomic energy and requires the use of highly specialized equipment, which he
has developed and with which he alone is familiar. It would be difticult to replace him
and it would require at least a year to train a man to attain the desired proficiency in the
conduct of these investigations. It therefore appears that the national defense is best
served by retaining him in his present work.” The letter is unsigned but, is believed to
have been. written by Dr. Leon Curtiss (see doc. A55). These materials are included to
document that work he did was with radioactive materials.
Dr. Mendell is an expert in the field of radioactivity and is qualified to provide testimony
to the fact that as physicists working in the Radioactivity Lab, their exposure levels were
Hot monitored and that the levels were extremely high. As evidence of her expertise in the
area, attached are research articles where Dr. Mendell is either an author, her work is
referenced or she is cited as an expert (see docs. A27, A28, A30, A32, A33, A34, A35,
437, A39). She can also tell you to what elements _ was exposed during her time
of employment. Dr. Mendell has offered to be available to you by phone, mail or email
for any questions you may have concerning exposure, events and materials was
exposed to in the lab. Her email address is Rbmendell@aol.com, her home address is

. . . 1. If you would like her home phone number, please
contact me and I will send it to you.
In addition to the documents inchided with this petition, please evaluate documents
already in my claim file as they pertain to my request for SEC status,

‘Thank you for your time. I have the original newspaper articles, pictures and proof of
employment. If you would like me to present them to the Seattle office I would be happy
to do so. Please contact me if you have any questions or need more information or
documentation. I look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfu"TM

Representative for”
NIOSH claim #



Table of Contents

Letter of application for SEC status

Special Exposure Cohort Petition

_ Petitioner, Surviving Spouse of
Representative

Documents Supporting SEC Petition

Al

A4

AT

A8

AQ

Mendell, Rosalind B. (March 25, 2005), physicist, former colleague of
Burrell W. Brown in Radioactivity Lab at NBS. No monitoring done during mid
1940s, several unusual exposures, concern for health. (Correspondence)

U. S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards (1957)
Protection Against Neutron Radiation Up To 30 Million Electron Volts,
Handbook 63 p.11-14 (Source: FOIA request)

Miller, James N. (1936) Scientists Find Device To Protect Radium Workers From
Death-Remote Laboratory Is Used for Research Activities With Valuable Metal
The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. (From private archive)

Hunting Priceless Radium (1934) clipping from unknown newspaper picture of
Burrell Brown with caption describing his use of a radium detector (From private
archive)

Giant Balloon Tests Weather Device. Newspaper picture and caption. Dr. Astin,
Dr. Curtiss and LL. Stockmann. The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.

Uncle Sam's Radium Girl picture of Miss Constance Torrey of the Bureau of
Standards measuring and testing radium, bare hands, within six inches of her
torso. (From personal archive)

Schwebel, Abraham (1968) Memorandum: Release of Buildings at Van Ness
Street After Decontamination, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Burean
of Standards. Information on decontamination of the Radioactivity Lab and levels
of radioactivity before and after decontamination p.6-10 (Source: FOIA request)

Little, Marshall S (1968) Radiological Health Division. Final Report of
Radiation Protection Evaluation of Washington Technical Institute Buildings,
Formerly Occupied by NBS. (Source: FOIA request)

Brink, J.V., Bureau of Public Health Engineering (1968) Letter to Robert 8.
‘Wallegh, Associate Director for Administration, NBS, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
expressing concern that after the District of Columbia took possession of six
buildings from the General Services Administration it was found that building #2,


A20

A24

A25

A26

AQT

A28

A29

A30

A31

A32

Photo taken by Burrell W. Brown. Notation on back: "May 27, 1936. The
penthouse on the roof of the West Bldg. At the National Bureau of Standards. Dr.
L. F. Curtiss inspecting the record.” (From private archive)

Photo of Dr. L.F. Curtiss, August 1937. (From private archive)

Photo taken by Burrell W. Brown. Shows roof of National Bureau of Standards
with balloon, device, men. (From private archive)

Photo taken by Burrell W. Brown of roof of NBS. (From private archive)

Photo taken by Burrell W. Brown from National Bureau of Standards. (From
private archive)

Photo of Burrell W. Brown as a young man at the National Bureau of Standards.
(From private archive)

NYU Physics Department web site, Dr. Rosalind Mendel]. Photo with contact
information listed. (New York University)

Wilson, J.W., Simonsen, L.C., Shinn, J.L., Dubey, R.R., Jordan, W. & Kim, M.
(1997). Radiation analysis for the human lunar return mission. NASA Technical
Paper 3662, p.6. September 1997, (See reference #15, Mendell, Rosalind)

Wilson, J.W., Goldhagen, P., Rafusson, V., Clem, J.M., De Angelis, G. &
Friedberg,W. Overview of atmospheric ionizing radiation (air) research: SST-
present. Authors from: NASA Langley Research Center, DOE Environmental
Measurements Laboratory, University of Iceland, Bartol Research Institute, Old
Dominion University, Istituto Superiore di Sanita’ , Rome, Italy, Civil Aerospace
Medical Institute, FAA. (See p.J1, reference: Mendell.)

Google search results for Rosalind Mendell. American Physical Society
Review.C2, 793 (1970) “... and to Rosalind Mendell,..for their patience and
encouragement..Rev 101, 329

Radin, J., (1970). Cross section for C”(alpha, alpha n)CTM at 920 MeV. Physical
Review. Issue 3, September 1970. C2, 793-798 (1970) This is the article in which
the author thanked Rosalind Mendell for her patience and encouragement (see
above).

Google search results for Rosalind Mendel. Radiation Safety Aspects of
Commercial High-Speed Flight.... Trans. Foelsche, Trutx; Mendell, Rosalind
Bu... techreports.lare.nasa.gov/ltrs/PDF/tp3524.pdf

Wilson, J.W., Goldhagan, P., Maiden, D_L., Tai, H. High altitude radiations
relevant to the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) NASA Langley Research
Center, DOE Environmental Measurements Laboratory. Rosalind Mendell is
referenced on p.6.


Documents provided through the FOIA, which I have documented and enclosed with this
petition, reinforced some information I already had and provided much new information.
During the time of: _ 2mployment at NBS, the Radioactivity Lab was located in
the East Building, Building #2 (see docs. A3, A42, A43, A48). Thorium, uranium and
radium are all listed in inventories of the NBS from the early 1940s until 1946 (see docs.
A49, A50, A51, A52, A53). Radioactive materials were not used in this building after
1952 (see docs. A7, A43). 1 am including the levels of radiation present in 1968 prior to
decontamination. The levels, _ and sixteen years after
radioactive matesials were no longer used, are shocking (see doc. AT, pages 6-9). Many
Tooms were so contaminated that floors, windows, doorway frames, doors, and in some
rooms and hallways, three-inch thick concrete floors had to be removed. Four weeks
‘were spent on attempting to decontaminate this building. After one hundred 55- gallon
drums were filled with radioactive waste and removed, there were rooms remaining that
had their doorways bricked over so no one could enter. It is not surprising that no long-
term employees are alive today. Building #2 was approved for demolition in 1976. No
new structures were built upon the site (see docs. A? and A48).

In this petition I have included a statement from Dr. Rosalind B. Mendell who was also a
physicist in the Radioactivity Lab for two years during the mid-1940s. At the time of my
phone interview with ORAU, December 8, 2004, I was not aware of any living co-
workers, She called me several weeks ago after doing a computer search for

She wanted to reestablish contact with her former colleague. Unfortunately, I had to tell
her of his passing. Rosalind is anxious to help any way she can with: _ case, J
sent copies of all the documents provided through the FOIA for her review. She has no
doubt that his health was endangered by the work with radioactive materials he
performed at the National Bureau of Standards as part of the Manhattan Project (see doc.
Al). After reviewing the document listing the levels of radiation found in Building 2
prior to decontamination in 1968, document A7, Dr. Mendell stated, “When I read about
the radiation in Building 2, the levels that were reported just about scared me to death. I
am amazed that J am still here at 84 years of age after all that exposure (see doc.-A10). In
addition to uranium, thorium and pluténitim, “she thinks he may have also been exposed to
neutrons, At the time she worked with _ or, Dr. Mendel bad an MLS. degree from
Cornell University, time in research at Columbia University and a year at New York
University. She is now a retired NYU Senior Research Scientist in experimental cosmic
tay physics (see doc. A26) and is the author of many research articles. The titles of these
papers I am attaching will show her to be a respected expert, both in the United States
and internationally, in the field of radiation exposure.

Attached please find descriptions of work being done at the National Bureau of Standards
(see docs. A40, A41, A42, A43, A44, A 45, A46, A47, A48), materials present at NBS
{see docs. A49, AS0, A51, AS2, A53) and research papers rote while at the
Bureau (see docs, A13, Al4, A15, A16, A17). I have included proof of his employment
at NBS from (see doc A54) and a letter written to the selective service
regarding | ow draft number. It states, “? . of this section,
informs me that he holds a low number in the selective service lists and may receive a
questionnaire at any time. is engaged in research on problems in radioactivity
concerned with national defense, of a confidential nature, which would be seriously
delayed if he were called away for a year. This work involves studies of nuclear fission as


and heat icles by em) ortional counters
and di sting elreuit eoploring natrteodate of this type; such
inte the Dulbe-enerey Integrat-
12.6, As ex) in pa ae multiple a Scattering of
fast neutrons jeads to an increase in dose if tha maga of

exposed fs in Tnoreased, Many netted dosimeters. con-
tai drogen:
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any use ices in pr

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Se autained ath ‘with the bare dosimeter, ever, with

How:
Taeradine and thermal  Beutrons, gecrastrical
‘onditions ate a9 critical that mre

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Appendix 4 gives jer information
meat Peat ne er ie at information on ih

Dl. Radiation Protection in Installation
and Operation of Neutron Sources

13. Types of Sources

18.1, Radioactive sources are of two types,
AO In an an et) ROU the alga anit oy one

target mal
18.11, Polonium-210 and plutonium-289 are the most
suitable’ radioactive sources’ from the stan siendpoint of
low gamma-ray ack and compactness, Both
however, ate among the most dangerous
gested or inhaled, eclal precautions most be taken to
Prevent their escape by p2 roviding durebly sealed containers.
B.12, Bat, jx equa with ie daughters, ix a,
st Nigh es aati Pee Bt ste tt
cont Sean
em dangers due to its daughter product

tant eee due to its photon emission, it rep-
resents’a

ray
18.18, materials most commonly used
Bo,* an and B, Eirtagers in in powdered Fora, ‘intimate ui

“te A ERR toate Poet may ‘be prevent 4 deushter protect of longs
ooaiiies e rveetly recorteed dhamleal toletty based.

ized with the alpha emitters, are sealed in metal con-

18.14. ( in) ao mopreas are seed ca called photoneutron
Sgurees, They They sealed containers enclosing emitters
OF gaming Toys of er high enough to detach neutrons
from target nuclei. Tha tas oie denterium or beryl-
faa, are placed fn spheres of oylinders woh surround tae
gamma emitter, tron sources have bean ust

tooally to generate arate moderate fluxes of neutrons of sainly

ormogensiue cuergies 1 Mev,
hone Constant-voliaye accelerators, ag used in the pro-
duction of neutrons, are usually either Van de Graaff or

Cockroft-Welton machines, are essent the game
Conksate- Wali maehines, They are cu pear

that the
polarity of the hi viige acta i Tevet, ant

electrode is a positive ion souree Instead of
& goures, aren ae a a

Gea gmeree
waved to the de mech-
eet cans ofa bat Gora Wan

caseaded sequence of voltage-daublis
each comprising a condenser and 9 rectifier,

Gante Graal gers operate below volt mf hes
Cockroft-Walton generators bel below about 1

188. High-frequency acceleratore include the ‘cyclotron,
synchroeyclotron, betatrom, concretion microtron, ani

ear ‘The cyclotron, or a nagnehie vesons Jerator,

nce accel 4

Sa dvs for acoeraing gt on. he The ions are kept in

8 spiral by a constant magnetic field and are given
successive acceleration when they traverse the gap
the elecixodes, The operation is isualy con-
tinuous in the sense that a beam is produced in each cycle.
Light ions, particularly He, H', and Het, are accelerated
up to 4 a per nucleon,

13, Synchroeydlotzon is a cyclotron modified to
tiny for fhe relsth Hnevenos fn te roaey of ths ascel-
mmodated, rosea te vase a a are ® pecsleratad in pulses
of about 1 microsecond di nd the

oseflator fre-
queney ay is ‘end. Pie ae range from 15 ta

several hundred Mev node Joual particles anecele-
rated are: Ht, Hi, and He,

18.88, The belatron is @ clrevlar electron scoalpeator
that hae beau used to scvelerate electrons to energic
% 100 Mev or more, Electrons are injected in a Due about
A microsecond in duration. After injection, the electrons are

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The 3 of this Handbook extends to mevtron exerts
up to 80 Mev, Although both theoretical and

experimental
information is 9} beyond about 10 meron the higher
limit was chosen hecause many neutron generators cf eae
within the wider range. ‘The
produeing neutrons in excess of
Saget c ane ferent

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constdergtions tine operations,

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RE: SEC status for NIOSH 2. ..

Dear Sir:

I would like to respectfully submit a petition for Speci Exposure Cohort status for my
He was at . : the National

Bureau of Standards, Van Ness Street, Washington, et from) _ until’ _

Tam the official representative for _ -whoon. |

filed a claim with the EEOICPA as a surviving spouse. Official documentation of
Iny status as representative is included in her original claim.

There is one petitioner, _

My. has the only claim from the National Bureau of Standards. He was diagnosed
with myelofibrosis, one of the specified cancers (see doc. A11, A12) and it appears that
NIOSH will not be able to locate adequate information to complete dose reconstruction
with sufficient accuracy. I believe this claim therefore, meets the qualifications to be
considered for inclusion i in the SEC,

Afier studying many ‘documents provided through the FOIA and speaking with a former
National Bureau of Standards colleague of _ itis my understanding that during
the years worked at the National Bureau of Standards workers were exposed to
radioactive materials on a daily basis, but no personal monitoring for either external or
intemal exposure was available (see doc. Al). My research shows that individual
monitoring most likely began later than If there were records of monitoring prior
tc hese records have been lost or destroyed. At this time, NIOSH has not been able
to reconstruct the radiation doses in the Radioactivity Lab at NBS and it is my firm belief
that radiation doses may have endangered the health of am submitting copies
of research articles co-authored by 7 {see docs. Ai3, Ald, AlS, Al6, A17),
newspaper articles showing him within feet of radium (see docs.A3, A4) and pictures
taken of him working with Dr. A.V. Astin and Leon Curtiss (see doc. A18, A25). There
are also pictures taken by him of these and other researchers and of projects and locations
at the National Bureau of Standards (see docs. AS, A19, A20, A21, A22, A23, A24).


‘titre’
thes guns wien ghdttaded expeoue of yoga ad

68 en exposure 4
uals is anticipated or must be considered Mkely. For this
reason, certain tn given below (e.g table 2) are based on.
weekly expomures of 100 mrems as well as 800 mrems, al-
the Jf Wil be Understood that larger values are permals-
sible as Tong ag the resteetions in is and the preceding

Mae ead

ene nd, to some extent, on the depth in the phantom,
floriver tn wooed the Rie

the
re whore the dose is maximal, Therefore, th
Up REE ‘ robdtion,

dus a3 a funetion of energy for
the basis of a 40-hour week. Alt ough aa BOE ef 30
i be elightly exceeded at neutron energies in the
of 1 Mev, it would acem sufficiently aafe to

Serive maximum pernsissible doses for any neutron cuergy
between thermal level and 10 Mev by finesr interpolation
between neighboring energies in 2. In the absence
of any definite information, 8 conservative limit has: been.
FO and 80 Maye mene Hx dealt between
ant ev, t

85, Te most be realized that the valuas in table 2 &
te monoe Ic neutrons mind

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as inetiont normally (even if some actually

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Tem. The presence of are monitors, located in the radia-
roma onion rer, 8 dine a experi-
mental relevant Sostendrie study, ge
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uch aa Sn, Sb, Mn, Cu, Al, 4 Cay
as neutron monitors’ if
Airc’ erase tb ae ea
the exposure. The mavement sed
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of patsonnel i

promptly and Telia He
feast obance on 1 on memory, Si ly, iy, the
activity Indaced In any of the ory simi worn may

purposes of a neutron int

the. the tin of iy of the objects Et the radiation ait and 3 its
era is established. Gold ijewelry
particalarly ited f for hie P 3 hence

4

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a ton form of ‘Rentification badges, fountain peas,
alt bucktes, garters, costume jewelry, etc.) Foal

same purpose,

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Glerments ane short lived 4 na the recall of nal eek
fons, speed an of messurement are likely
critical in extirastes of this sort, Very t
riimate int ig the critical is ‘of

aetlvitl ee radi ant
saalyeta of the samples aro highly desirable. :
20.9. The activity of Ne‘ and to 2 lesser extent
of Pein and urine of the
te alvatuals Nae bon uthiged tor tala purpose, The §
aetivity of the former shoula be evaluated, by

garomaray meastirements, This will require considerable
fecutacy sad. sensitivity, hut will eliminate any uncettainty

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by the y. A better indication of fast neutron,
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IV. Rules for Protection against
Neutron Radiation

Scope 9 rules. The roles aot forth below are considered
essen

mal operation at power levels anticlpated, The prevention
don hasairda 16 ¢ complex teetmol cal protien feat wi
not be discussed

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gat be mde regarding protein the viclnity of classi-

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funda lean of Die oye Uses

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bred to produce equal

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fects on man. m. The dove in sems fs numerically equal

abtorbed doge in rads and the
rag of tha Hg eolgle for the radiation it auention

titra with Geek surrebodingn: in this Hon

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audio vallleeeter of dvonlating bi
Week, consecutive

fae:
Weel, work, comblnation af time intervals adding
up to 40 hoarse within 7 consecutive days,

11, Present Status of Physical and Biological
Information
2 Classification of Neutrons an and Primary Modes
wont hi, autres are arallble rom mn gar ts types ot
in to 10° ev, B svar fn ent ofa of 10%,

‘The types of in! with l y. at
dg therefore courrenuatt ta be base ‘the classification

trons on snarey inter interactions re.
dorainate, oe 5 Sranattion Eotmeey hee une ranges is, how-
ani equent Ja a certain degres
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forth, bal be adopted for the purposes of this

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mat ‘ustally tempera
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roost instances it is suffclantiy

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intermediate energy re-
0.5 ev to 10 kev.
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the well-known d£/E spectrom. Capture and nuclear re-
actions Toay algo

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exe end 18 tr pti
portant interaction with matter is eleatie scatterin
the spper pa of ls eeray eaige, ingane sarin

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reason com iti
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7, ond. relativistic
peer be aoe

it tends to b ibe os conter-ot

The nv is the neutron flux, The
mntity * tron, fx, 9 eroas section is

2.7, Thexe is finite cvoss section for each possible nu-
Gear interaction, In addltion, cross seclone for eeatteing

et brea, Iurte
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the former Radioactivity Lab, had several rooms sealed with CRM waming tape,
monitoring disclosed significant alpha contamination in rooms 519,520 and 521,
beta-gamma contamination on the floor and significant alpha contamination on
one rafter. (Source: FOIA request)

Mendel], Rosalind B. (April 18, 2005), physicist. Email regarding high levels of
radiation in Building #2. (Correspondence)

Turcic, P.M. (2003), Director of EEOICPA, Additional Cancers Considered as
Primary Cancers. EEOICPA Bulletin No. 03-11. “Action: The CE should
consider: (1) myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia...to be bone cancer, which
is a specified primary cancer per EEOICPA Section 73841 (17) (B).”(NIOSH web
site)

NIOSH (March 15, 2005) Case Stats Report for Burrell W. Brown, NIOSH
tracking number 009908. Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia verified by
DOL. Report sent to Elizabeth L. Brown (surviving spouse) and Virginia (Ginny)
L. Bond (personal representative for Elizabeth Brown and daughter of Burrell W.
Brown. (Correspondence)

Curtiss, L.F., Astin, A-V., Stockmann, L.L.& Brown, B.W. (1930). An improved
radio meteorograph on the Olland principle. Journal of Research of the National
Bureau of Standards, Volume 22, January 1939. (Source: NIST Library)

Curtiss, LF., Astin, A.V., Stockmann, L.L. & Brown, B.W. (1939). Cosmic-ray
observations in the stratosphere with high-speed counters. Journal of the National
Bureau of Standards, Volume 23, November 1939. (Source: NIST Library)

Curtiss, LF.& Brown, B,W. (1945), Frequency meter for use with the Geiger-
Muller Counter. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards,
Volume 34, January 1945, (Source: NIST Library)

Brown, B.W. & Curtiss, L.F. (1945), Thin-walled aluminum beta-ray tube
counters. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, Volume 35,
August 1945, (Source: NIST Library)

Curtiss, L.F. & Brown, B.W. (1946). An arrangement with small solid angle for
measurement of beta rays. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of
Standards, Volume 37, August 1946, (Source: NIST Library)

Photo taken on the roof of the National Bureau of Standards. Burrell W. Brown is
the man on the left. (From privaie archive)

Photo taken by Burrell W. Brown. Notation on back: “May 27, 1936. Equipment
on the upper shelf is the receiver and automatic recorder. Dr. A. V. Astin shown
at the controls.” (From private archive)